Gambia leader blames dissidents for coup bid – Africa – Al Jazeera English.
Gambia’s president has blamed unidentified foreign dissidents and “terrorists” for an assault on his presidential palace and insists the army remains loyal.
Yahya Jammeh’s remarks came two days after an apparent coup attempt by a group of soldiers while he was abroad was foiled.
“It is an attack by dissidents based in the US, Germany and UK,” Jammeh said in a televised address on Thursday.
“This was not a coup. This was an attack by a terrorist group backed by some powers that I would not name.”
…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…
